Next month playwright Tony Kushner's controversial work-in-progress about Laura Bush, "Only We Who Guard the Mystery Shall Be Unhappy," will be given a special benefit reading in Cambridge.
Busy with her new tour, Bette Midler's here to stay
'Dazzle' is based on true story of pack-rat brothers
Dave Frishberg laughs when reflecting on how his tune "Peel Me a Grape" gave him a skewed perception of the songwriting business 40-odd years ago.
From the moment she sweeps onstage, regal black hairdo lacquered in place, Annette Miller's Diana Vreeland is utterly lovable.
The person in charge of creating this space is Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, who's been a scenic designer for more than 30 years on and off Broadway, in regional theater, and internationally.
Some of us, when we get the urge, think of a bladder as half full. Others as half empty.
In 'Urinetown' and an updated 'Threepenny Opera,' audiences can see the enduring impact of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
New Year will bring new venues
In Boston, there's one understudy this season who never got the call -- "thank God," he says.
"Can you imagine," asks Jeremiah Kissel, "standing stage left in the wings, listening to 880 people find out that Nathan Lane is not coming out tonight?"
A LION'S SHARE: Tony Award-winner Julie Taymor hasn't forgotten her roots.
CAMBRIDGE -- The snow in the American Repertory Theatre production of "Snow in June" drifts down as lightly as Colorado powder, only it's not wet and it's not actually snow.
It was an extraordinary turnout for a new play by a little-known author, and a notably eclectic crowd. Celebrities (screen actor Mark Wahlberg, "Saturday Night Live" cast member Amy Poehler)…
As time goes by, 58-year-old 'Calendar Girls' star Helen Mirren continues to display her range, and her body, in a variety of roles
With Stacy Keach.
BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS HIM: Watch carefully during Part II of "Angels in America," airing Sunday on HBO, and you'll glimpse Oskar Eustis, artistic director of Trinity Repertory Company.
Hip-hop heavy Russell Simmons has one eye on the bottom line and the other on higher callings
A trove of letters, manuscripts, photos, and other memorabilia belonging to Robert Brustein goes on display today at Boston University's Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.
Plus Denis O'Hare on his role in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
The ART's adaptation of a 13th century Chinese story, 'Snow in June' is a dazzling mix of East, West
Here's hoping three times is a charm for Larry Coen. The Boston actor has sold the film rights to "Epic Proportions," the play he wrote years ago with "Friends" creator David Crane.
With "Snow in June," an adaptation with text by Charles L. Mee of a 13th-century Yuan dynasty play, Chen Shi-Zheng says he wanted "to force this ancient, classic text into modern American th…
Tony Kushner's play broke new ground, but it hasn't transformed Broadway as hoped